Category: New Testament
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A Thorn in the Side
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 2 Corinthians 12:7 (KJV) Thorn in the flesh – How many of us think we know what…
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Drinking Blood
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. Revelation 16:6 (KJV) Blood to drink – Is this right? God, the same God that instructed all men to never drink blood, turns around and gives these evil men blood to drink. Something…
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The Paschal Lamb
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: 1 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV) Passover – How many of us have referred to Christ as our Passover lamb who was sacrificed for our sins? This verse from Paul is…
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Passover in the Home
And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. Mark 14:22 (KJV) Imagine for a second that Yeshua went to a synagogue or church to break bread on the Passover evening. Walking in, Yeshua would be invited to sit…
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Butchering the Truth
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. Philippians 3:2 (KJV) Concision – Paul was a wordsmith. He enjoyed using words to convey particular meanings, creating his own words, and digging into the uncommon words of society. The latter is true for this particular word translated as “concision.”
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Laying Up Treasures
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: Matthew 6:19-20 (KJV) Treasures – We discovered in another…
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Sinful Nature: A Greek Paradigm
For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. Romans 7:18 (NIV) Sinful nature – If it’s in the Bible, it must be true, right? Unfortunately, “sinful nature” is not what…
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Calling on the Name
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:13 (KJV) Call – For most of Christianity, we imagine ourselves verbally calling out “Jesus” to receive salvation. In fact Paul writes just three verses earlier, “with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Obviously there’s a message about verbalizing the…
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Noah the Preacher
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; 2 Peter 2:5 (KJV) Preacher – This is one of those verses that should cause some consideration. Peter calls Noah a preacher. How did Peter arrive at this statement?…
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Learning Obedience
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; Hebrews 5:8 (KJV) Obedience – Yeshua learned obedience. Do you see the implications here? There are years of Yeshua’s life that are unaccounted for in the Scriptures. Those years were most likely filled with the similar activities of other Jewish…